Spiced Cherry Pie

Name: Spiced Cherry Pie
Ingredients: sour cherries; sweet cherries; light brown sugar; cornstarch; fresh mint leaves; lemon juice; sea salt; aniseed; honey; 60/40 crust; flaky butter crust; egg; cherry liqueur; milk; superfine granulated sugar; cinnamon

Preparation info

Makes
one
9- to 10 inch pie

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pie Love

By Warren Brown

Published 2013

About

There’s a wonderful new direction in which we can take cherry pie just by adding a touch of herbs and spices. I like fresh mint combined with aniseed hand-crushed in a mortar and pestle. Together, they make a more adventurous cherry pie.

Ingredients

Sour cherries, pitted

1 pound (3

Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Place the cherries in a large, heavy-bottomed pot.
Combine the brown sugar and cornstarch, then stir the mixture into the cherries and add the mint, lemon juice, salt, and aniseed. Cook over medium heat for 5 to 8 m